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Criminal Justice: Articles

What if the article isn't full-text?

If you find an article that isn't full-text (in a bibliography or abstract only database), here are a few options.  

  1. Check if the journal is full-text in one of our other databases: Is this Journal Full Text? 
  2. Check if the article is full-text on Google Scholar using quotation marks around the title.
  3. Request the article through Interlibrary Loan and we will email it to you.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar Search

Use Google Scholar with the Full Text@Grace College feature to find scholarly articles within the library's collection.

Set your preferences in Google Scholar:

  1. Go to Google Scholar
  2. Click on SettingsSettings
  3. Click on "Library Links" in the left column and type in: Grace College & Seminary
  4. Select "Grace College & Seminary - Full Text @ Grace College"
  5. Click "Save"

Finding Articles

How to Read a Research Article

For Each Article you locate in your search:

READ

  • Abstract -- Start here.  If the information provided here meets your needs, continue on.  If not, find an article that better fits your needs
  • Introduction - What is the author proposing?
  • Conclusion - What did the author discover?
  • Literature Review, Methodology, Research, etc. - Start from the beginning and carefully read with your pen in hand so you can ANNOTATE
    • If you don't know a Word, look it up:

ANNOTATE - write all on and throughout your reading of the article

  • Summarize - paragraphs or sections
  • Write out questions you have
  • Reflect on arguments
  • Evaluate the evidence 

Librarian

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Miriam Liethen
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574-372-5100 x6292

Criminology - SOC 3370

Assignment:

Paper: 5-7 pages long, on a Criminology topic covered in class. The objective of this paper is for the student to interact with both sides of the research, and both sides of the argument. This paper must be written using APA format with a minimum of 8 scholarly sources. These resources must be from 2015 - present. Only scholarly sources and governmental websites will be appropriate for this paper. Do not use quotes in this paper.